Jericho - The World's First Skyscraper

Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 18:50 in Psychology & Sociology

If you've been to Bible study classes, you know the story of Jericho.   Actually, if you're an atheist you may know it even better, since on quizzes atheists seem to know The Bible better than many religious people.  In the story, Joshua, successor to Moses, led the Jews across the Jordan to what would be their land.   Jericho was clearly sitting on it so using trumpets for seven days and finally their voices they were able to take out the walls of the city and kill most everyone inside. Wait until the Mythbusters try and tackle that one.    read more

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